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MARIO LAURENTI (VERONA, ITALY, 1890 – NEW YORK, USA, 7 MARCH, 1922)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Luigi Cavadani. He was sent to the engineer’s study to Germany. His voice was discovered in Dresden and he began here to study singing. In 1914 he came to North America and joined to the choir of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Here in 1916 he made his debut as comprimario in G. Puccini’s ”Manon Lescaut”. During six years he sang in this opera house. In the 1920-21 season he appeared with the Scotti Opera Company and sang among other things the role of Sharpless in ”Madama Butterfly”, Valentin in ”Faust” of C. Gounod, Silvio in ”Pagliacci” and Enrico in ”Lucia di Lammermoor”. In 1919 he took part at the Metropolitan Opera in the premiere of the opera ”L’Oiseau blue” by Albert Wolff. In 1921 he performed there in the première of the opera “Die tote Stadt” by Korngold in the part of Fritz as a partner of Maria Jeritza, in 1921 in U. Giordano’s ”Andrea Chénier”, in 1922 in ”Snegourotchka” of Rimsky-Korssakov. His last appearance at the Metropolitan Opera occurred on 20. 2. 1922 as Fléville in ”Andrea Chénier”. Two weeks later he died of a meningitis after a Pneumonie.

On March 7th, 1922, the New York Times published the following: “MARIO LAURENTI DYING: Young Metropolitan Baritone Suffers from Spinal Meningitis: The young Metropolitan baritone was critically ill last night at the Eye and Ear Hospital where he had been taken from treatment for abscess of the ear following a cold caught on a concert tour up-State. Spinal meningitis developed yesterday and the physicians hold out little hope for Mr. Laurenti’s life.”

He died that same day–on March 7th, 1922–in New York City.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Attila (Verdi) Dagli immortali vertici 82200 6506-C Edison, New York 1918-12-16
2. Africana (Meyerbeer) Figlia dei re Edison 80751 8035-C
3. Andrea Chénier (Giordano) Nemico della patria 82251 7902-C Edison, New York 1921-04-08
4. Calm as the night (Bohm) 82196 6701-C Edison, New York 1919-04-02
5. Canta pe’ me (de Curtis) 82326 7882-C Edison, New York 1921-04-04
6. Comme se canta a Napule (Mario) 82254 6888-C Edison, New York 1919-07-28
7. Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Come Paride vezzoso Edison 82160 6543-C
8. Favorita (Donizetti) A tanto amor Edison 82558 6446-C
9. Forza del destino (Verdi) Urna fatale Edison 82557 PA 29059
10. Hérodiade (Massenet) Salomé, Salomé Edison 82235 7722-B
11. I did not know (Vanderpool) 82173 6787-C Edison, New York 1919-05-14
12. Il libro santo (Pinsuti) 82264 7653-C Edison, New York 1920-10-26
13. In mezzo al mare (de Luca) 82216 7520-C Edison, New York 1920-09-10
14. Jongleur de Notre-Dame (Massenet) Légende de la sauge Edison 82259 7984-C
15. La danza (Rossini) 82264 6531-B Edison, New York 1918-12-26